Embeddedness perspectives of economic action within family firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1157-1167

  Steier, Lloyd P ^a   Chua, Jess H ^b   Chrisman, James J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70649102368     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00338.x     Document Type: Editorial

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